German police use a number of databases, both on the federal and national level. These databases have been criticised for collecting data beyond their legal scope, including collecting data on activists who hadn't been sentenced or tried

Schlagwort: EU Presidency 2007

Following Tampere 1999 and Hague 2004, the EU plans to decide the next five-year plan on „Justice and Home Affairs“ (JHA) this year.

After the implementation of data retention and new databases, the creation of „Frontex“ and the „European Security Research Programme“, the „harmonization“ of terrorism laws and more surveillance of the internet, next severe changes are foreseen to bet set in the new guideline.